The way I read it, he is not deleting the file from the original location, just
adding it to the system32 subfolder/directory so I wouldn't think there would be a problem with other programs.

The easiest way is to use a fixed font in your listbox.
Otherwise, try tabbing with chr$(9)

You can download a text calendar I wrote from my web site
http://thunder.prohosting.com/~oasys/frameex1.htm

on the files page.

I also used the following in an accounting program as a...

Sorry, should be
if right$(st$,1)....

If you are using QB (QuickBasic), so often wrongly called Qbasic, then
Call Absolute (as well as Call Interrupt) are in the QB library QB.QLB

In that case, start QB with QB /L libraryname
(no...

CLS
RANDOMIZE TIMER
OPEN "test.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1
DIM wds$(1000)
count% = 0
WHILE NOT EOF(1)
LINE INPUT #1, LL$
FOR K% = 1 TO LEN(LL$)
IF MID$(LL$, K%, 1) = " " OR K% = LEN(st$) THEN
...

St$="Hello my name is John Doe"
if right$(st$)<>" " then st$=st$+" "
for k%=1 to len(st$)
if mid$(st$,k%,1)=" " then words%=words%+1
characters%=characters%+1
next
print "total...

Dont know about VB but for PB for windows it should be easy
open filename$ for binary as #1
get$ #1,lof(1),info$
numberoffields&=parsecount(info$)
dim myarray$(numberoffields&)
for k&=1 to...

If you can open the old code in notepad, then copy by highlighting/then right click ->copy, you can paste it into qbasic/quickbasic with the following.

(be sure the line lengths are not over 255...

Well Qbasic is basically free since it came with msdos from version 5 - Windows
98 /MSDOS 6.2

It's around on several web sites.

Versions 4-7.1 of Quick Basic are available too (free). Whether...

There are 2 easy ways - 1 put it in the startup menu of windows by copying it there, 2 call it in autoexec.bat

Rusti, If you get QuickBasic 4.5 it has lots of examples (in the help) that may be just the thing. Plus it has a compiler. There is also version 4.0 and version
7.x (PDS). Version 4.5 remains the...

Russell, There are still plenty of QB sites out there many of them having downloads of programs.

The ABC archives are still out there too (All Basic Code). which has code
dating back to the early...

Or,
Shift+Arrow keys to highlight, Control(CTRL)+Insert to copy
then
Shift+insert to paste.

BTW nice pic Dani.

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ok you have mixed up your array subscripts where the program should not work

HIGH = 0 'GRADE(G)
LOW = 0 'GRADE(G)
TOTAL=0
FOR G...

Then i'd recommend installing win98 instead of XP.

As ms moves away from 16bit DOS things will probably get harder and
harder for QB

BTW it's QB.EXE not Qbasic.exe for QuickBasic 4.5

If...

Plus it (PB) allows inline assembly language statements.

With the availability of User Defined Types, Structures, Subs, Functions,
a whole range of data types (integer, long integer, Quad...

I have to disagree with you on several points.

It is still used a lot. Check out all the forums that are still active.
It is still taught in school as a first programming language.

It is very...

PowerBasic has 2 windows compilers (and a DOS compiler).
The windows versions allow inline asm.

Very affordable and the best support.

Don't leave out PowerBasic for windows which rivals C (perhaps better)
in tight code (no bloatware). Also the best tech support on the planet.

Error 58 is File already exists.

(you can do ERROR #)
where # is a number to find out the error message for that error number

Without the code, it will be impossible to debug.

(You can also...

Although I don't use VB but rather PowerBasic for windows, maybe this will be of some use (hopefully).

Example:
Assume you have written or have a batch file.
use:

SHELL ENVIRON$("COMSPEC") +...

I don't know who wrote that but I would say they are full of ___t.
LOL.

Besides, you can treat any file as a binary file.In fact when you get right down to it, all files are binary files in one...

Though I use PowerBasic for windows instead of VB, i'm sure the record
length for random files is quite large as it is with PB. Of course it should
be kept in mind that many times the larger the...

You could store the tables in data statements but then you would have to
recompile the program if changes were made.

I would think that either 1) a text file containing the tables or
2) a...

You might try my tips page to see if there is any help there

http://thunder.prohosting.com/oasys/frameex1.htm

then go to the tips page.

There are several good installation programs out there that will do what you
want or build one yourself with a windows program.

Personally I use a self-extracting exe that runs a setup program to...

&hFF is 255 in hexadecimal (base 16)
I suggest you look up and in the help

outregs.ax does represent 1 16bit register (as with also bx,cx, etc)

You are not altering the registers but rather...

I would suggest you check out PowerBasic.

They have 2 windows compilers; both resonable.

No runtimes are requires (as with VB).

A lot of the syntax is much more like QB (at least to me)....

I'm sure I'm the same one you are talking about.

PowerBasic requires no runtimes and now supports LPRINT.
It also has an LPRINT attach that can use a portname used by windows.
(i.e. not limited...

Power Basic has a Console Compiler that makes text mode programming easy.

It has a DOS-like feel and many of the commands and statements are the same or with minor changes. You have the added...

i've been able to write a comma-delimited file for use as an excel spreadsheet
quite easily. Even put a Total at the end of one column (only number column).

It does, however require the user to...

If you send a character, it doesnt matter whether it's hex or not.

Hex is just another numbering system. It can make a difference when sending
large numbers (like 8 bytes of information or so)....

I don't know what OS this will/will not work on. Should work on
95,98,NT,ME

using shell "attrib +- attribute filename"
+r sets read-only attribute (which may be what you want)
-r removes...

Got the answer (to my question above) on the PowerBasic forum
add a line
,,,"Totals",,=SUM(F1.F4)

In my case whether I use F or another letter depends on how many
fields are selected by the...

I've got an accounting program I wrote (basically a General Ledger). I
have an option to send the postings to a spreadsheet.

I use a comma delimited file. This works fine.
The user can include...

A little ahead of yourself aren't you ?
1965 Darmouth College Beginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.

I stand corrected. 1964 May 1 according to Dartmouth web site.

Qbasic is still used quite a bit. It is still taught in many schools around the country and is good for that purpose.

Many people have problems with qbasic on XP though not everyone.
I think...

First search for Qbasic.exe on your computer.
Qbasic was included starting with DOS version 5.0 and was also on the Win95 and Win98(i think) CD-ROMs.

If you find it, be sure that either you are...

The easiest way to 'delete' a record in a random file is to write (put)
for RN&=Record&+1 to NR& (number of records)
Get #1,RN&,UDT
PUT #1,RN&-1,UDT
next

then have some way of controlling...